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African Tradition of Women’s Hair Braiding in Cuba

African Tradition of Women’s Hair Braiding in Cuba

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The international Black and Cuba roadshow continues at Princeton University. Professor Naomi Murakawa of the university's African American studies Department included the film and talkback with director Dr. Robin J. Hayes in the graduate seminar, African American Intellectual Traditions. The film is also part of the Princeton library's permanent collection. To screen Black and Cuba in your college classroom, see BlackandCuba.org.

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Happy Birthday #AngelaDavis ⠀ Friend of #Cuba #socialjustice and #abolition ⠀ ⠀ #FidelCastro⠀ #author⠀ #professionalBlackgirl⠀ #TeamNatural ⠀ #BlackandCuba

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Black and Cuba director shares how you can empower yourself at work and school. Click the link.  http://progressivepupil.org/2018/01/03/when-they-ask-to-touch-your-hair-again/

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Click link in bio #microaggressions #amaralanegra #afro #inclusion

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Being a White Latino ⠀ Guillermo Rebollo:⠀ “although I could be, and often was, a target of racial discrimination—from students and faculty members across U.S. campuses—, racism did not shape my sense of self, or self-worth. While I was conscious of how white Americans—and American culture on the whole—saw me, whiteness as socially constructed and experienced in the colony acted as type of buffer for that experience. This affirmation is certainly perverse: white domination in the colony assuages the white migrant of color’s experience with racial discrimination on the mainland.”⠀ Shared via the incomparable #ZaireDinzeyFlores⠀ #BlackandCuba⠀ #raceinLatinAmerica⠀ ⠀ ⠀ Siendo un Latino Blanco⠀ Guillermo Rebollo:⠀ "A pesar de que podría ser, y con frecuencia era, un blanco de discriminación racial -de estudiantes y miembros de la facultad en todos los campus de los EE. UU .-, el racismo no influyó en mi autoestima ni en mi autoestima. Mientras era consciente de cómo los estadounidenses blancos -y la cultura estadounidense en general- me veía, la blancura como socialmente construida y experimentada en la colonia actuaba como un amortiguador para esa experiencia. Esta afirmación es ciertamente perversa: la dominación blanca en la colonia mitiga la experiencia del migrante blanco de color con la discriminación racial en el continente."⠀ Compartido a través del incomparable #ZaireDinzeyFlores⠀ #NegroyCuba⠀ #racismoenamericalatina⠀ ⠀ https://buff.ly/2yJ7Eaw (at Havana, Cuba)

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Scholars for Puerto Rico Relief

Two weeks after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, conditions are still dire and in some regions actually worsening. In the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, approximately 3.5 million residents w…

“Cuba and Puerto Rico are two wings of the same bird”

“Cuba y Puerto Rico son dos alas del mismo ave” 

--singer/songwriter Pablo Milanes

Support independent NGOs in Puerto Rico if you can. 

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Gente de Zona (People of the Zone) is the reggaeton phenomenon that blends the Latino hip hop style with AfroCuban rhythms. With billions of views on YouTube they've worked with JLo and Marc Anthony. This video, directed by Alejandro Pérez, makes us long for Old Havana. 

Gente de Zona es el fenómeno del reguetón que combina el estilo hip hop latino con los ritmos AfroCubanos. Con miles de millones de visitas en YouTube, han trabajado con JLo y Marc Anthony. Este video, dirigido por Alejandro Pérez, nos hace desear regressar a la Habana Vieja.

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AfroCuban filmmaker Damián Sainz debuts his stunning short films about LGBTQ youth culture on the island Monday 10/30/17 at DCTV New York

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So honored to be welcomed @occidentalcollege by mighty @drprofblacklady to discuss @BlackandCuba as part of their #BlackStudiesInitiative The full house of students and faculty asked brilliant questions. Hard to believe sometimes that this journey I began with some very inspiring classmates over a decade ago is still fulfilling our goal to build community and create awareness. Take a step toward your dream You never know where it might lead. #blackwomenfilmmakers #Documentary#courtneybaker #liberalartscollege #obama #almamater #kimono #vintage #ThirdCinemaWay (at Eagle Rock/Highland Park)

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Awrite! Black and Cuba has been selected to be part of the Africa in Motion Film Festival in Glasgow, Scotland. It’s the largest film festival about the African diaspora in the United Kingdom. See the film November 1st, 2017 7:30pm at The Rum Shack on Pollokshaws Road. The film goes great with Cuba Libres and Mojitos! 

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Celebrate Black Music Month with music from and connected to Black and Cuba. Featuring sounds from throughout the diaspora. 

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You can stream #BlackandCuba for FREE on #Comcast #Xfinity on Demand channel Thanks to our partnership with @BlackStarFest You can also see it this Friday in NYC @BMCC_cuny deets at blackandcuba.org #BlackHistoryAlwaysOn #XfinityBHM #BlackatYale #Cuba

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The monument of the Maroons sits on top of a Congolese Ganga surrounding a mound of rocks. This Caribbean UNESCO world heritage site was sculpted by the incredibly talented Alberto Lescay. It was contributed to UNESCO’s international project “Slave Pathway” or “The Slave Route”  along with two other monuments from the artist. This particular monument represents the hardships endured by the people of Maroon dissent during American slavery. The word “Maroon” originates from the Spanish term “sminole” meaning “wild or “untamed” and often associated with or referred to as runaways or castaways. The people were made up of a blend of Africans and Amerindians who eventually declared themselves Maroon after escaping slavery in the Americas together to the Caribbean. Allowing them to developed their own independent communities where their history, culture and customs could be preserved.

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